Powerful Perennials for Arkansas!
Best perennials for Arkansas are a powerful way to create a landscape that comes back year after year without replanting each season.
Here at The Good Earth, we grow most of our own perennials, so we get to know them pretty well! Here is a list of perennials have special attributes that provide the perfect solution for your landscape!
Long Blooming Perennials for Sun
Agastache, all varieties
Butterfly Bush (Buddleia), all varieties
Clematis (vine) ‘Jackmanii’
Dianthus ‘Neon Star’, ‘Firewitch’, ‘Pinball Wizard’, ‘Red Beauty’
Echinacea (Coneflower) all varieties
Gaura ‘Whirling Butterfly’, ‘Sparkle White’, Siskiyou Pink’
Hemerocallis (Daylily), ‘Happy Returns’, ‘South Seas’, ‘Stella De Oro’
Liatris (Blazing Star) all varieties
Luecanthemum (Shasta Daisy) all varieties if dead-headed
Nepeta, ‘Walker’s Low’, ‘Purrsian Blue’
Perovskia (Russian sage) all varieties
Rudbeckia (Black Eyed Susan) ‘Goldsturm’
Salvia, Heatwave series, ‘Caradonna’, ‘May Night’, Greggii series
Scabiosa (Pin Cushion Flower), ‘Butterfly Blue’, ‘Pink Mist’
Stokesia (Stoke’s Aster) ‘Color Wheel’
Great Shade Perennials
- Ajuga
- Anemones
- Astilbe
- Dicentra (Bleeding Heart)
- Hellebores (Lenten Rose)
- Heucheras
- Heucherella
- Hostas
- Lungwort
- Snow on the Mountain
For your information, Arkansas sits in Zones 7–8 on the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, making it a great environment for a wide range of perennials. This is a helpful guide that shows which plants are most likely to thrive in your area.
More Tips for Growing the Best Perennials for Arkansas
A plant doesn’t have to bloom to grab attention! Hardy ferns, Creeping Jenny, Lamb’s Ear, Artemesia, and many more perennials give foliage interest and texture contrast to a perennial garden. Amend the soil properly before planting, use Good Earth brand Jump Start at planting, water as needed throughout the season, fertilize and watch them grow!